S. S. Stevens papers, 1934-1981
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Stevens, S. S. (Stanley Smith), 1906-1973
- Title
- S. S. Stevens papers
- Dates
- 1934-1981 (inclusive)19341981
- Quantity
- 1.75 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1888
- Summary
- The Stanley Smith ("Smitty") Stevens papers (1934-1981) contain biographical information, articles, and other publications. He went on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1925-1928 to Belgium and Switzerland. Stevens received a Ph.D. in 1933 from Harvard University. He later became a professor and the director of the psychophysics laboratory at Harvard University.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Stanley Smith ("Smitty") Stevens (1906-1973) was born in Ogden, Utah to Stanley and Adeline Smith Stevens. He went on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1925-1928 to Belgium and Switzerland. He attended the University of Utah, but transferred to Stanford University where in 1931 he received his A. B. degree. Originally pursuing medicine as a career, Stevens was admitted to Harvard Medical School, but he later changed to Psychology. Stevens received a Ph.D. in 1933 from Harvard University. He later became a professor and the director of the psychophysics laboratory at Harvard University.
Content Description
The Stanley Smith Stevens papers (1934-1981) contain biographical information, articles, and other publications.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Biographical Information
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Description: Autobiographical Essay and Biographical InformationContainer: Box 1, Folder 1
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Articles, A-Z
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Description: "Adaptation Level vs. The Relativity of Judgment"Dates: 1958Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: "The Apparent Reduction of Loudness"Dates: 1955Container: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: "The Attributes of Tones"Dates: 1934Container: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: "The Auditory Input-Output Function"Container: Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: "The Basis of Psychophysical Judgments"Dates: 1963Container: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: "Binaural Summation of Loudness"Dates: 1960Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: "Biological Transducers"Container: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: "Brightness Function: Effects of Adaptation"Dates: 1963Container: Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: "Calculating Loudness"Dates: 1957Container: Box 1, Folder 10
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Description: "Calculation of the Loudness of Complex Noise"Dates: 1956Container: Box 1, Folder 11
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Description: "The Calculation of the Loudness of Noise"Dates: 1956Container: Box 1, Folder 12
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Description: "Calculating the Perceived Level of Light and Sound"Dates: 1972Container: Box 1, Folder 13
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Description: "Cardiac Acceleration in Emotional Situations"Dates: 1937Container: Box 1, Folder 14
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Description: "A Classification of Scales of Measurement"Container: Box 1, Folder 15
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Description: "Concerning the Form of the Loudness Function"Dates: 1957Container: Box 1, Folder 16
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Description: "Concerning the Measurement of Brightness"Dates: 1966Container: Box 1, Folder 17
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Description: "Concerning the Psychophysical Power Law"Dates: 1964Container: Box 1, Folder 18
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Description: "Cross-Modality Matching of Brightness to Loudness by 5 yr. Olds"Dates: 1969Container: Box 1, Folder 19
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Description: "Cross-Modality Validation of Subjective Scales for Loudness, Vibration, and Electric Shock"Dates: 1959Container: Box 1, Folder 20
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Description: "Critical Band Width in Loudness Summation"Dates: 1957Container: Box 1, Folder 21
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Description: "Decibels of Light and Sound"Dates: 1955Container: Box 1, Folder 22
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Description: "A Demonstration of Positive and Negative Visual After-Images"Container: Box 1, Folder 23
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Description: "The Development of Recorded Auditory Tests for Measuring Loss for Speech"Dates: 1947Container: Box 1, Folder 24
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Description: "The Direct Estimation of Sensory Magnitudes--Loudness"Dates: 1956Container: Box 1, Folder 25
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Description: "Duration, Luminance, and the Brightness Exponent"Dates: 1966Container: Box 1, Folder 26
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Description: "The Dynamics of Subjective Warmth and Cold"Dates: 1963Container: Box 1, Folder 27
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Description: "Effect of Glare Angle on the Brightness Function for a Small Target"Dates: 1965Container: Box 1, Folder 28
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Description: "The Emotional Responses: Changes of Heart-Rate in a Gun-Shy Dog"Dates: 1938Container: Box 1, Folder 29
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Description: "The Estimation of Loudness by Unpracticed Observers"Dates: 1956Container: Box 1, Folder 30
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Description: "Factors in the Production of Aural Harmonics and Combination Tones"Dates: 1937Container: Box 1, Folder 31
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Description: "Finger Span: Ratio Scale, Category Scale, and Just Noticeable Difference (JND) ScaleDates: 1959Container: Box 1, Folder 32
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Description: "Growth of Sensation on Seven Continua as Measured by Force of Handgrip"Dates: 1960Container: Box 1, Folder 33
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Description: Handbook of Experimental PsychologyDates: 1951Container: Box 1, Folder 34
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Description: "To Honor Fechner and Repeal His Law"Dates: 1961Container: Box 1, Folder 35
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Description: "Intensity Functions in Sensory Systems"Dates: 1967Container: Box 1, Folder 36
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Description: "Introduction: A Definition of Communication"Dates: 1950Container: Box 1, Folder 37
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Description: "Issues in Psychophysical Measurement"Dates: 1971Container: Box 1, Folder 38
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Description: "Is There a Quantal Threshold?"Dates: 1961Container: Box 1, Folder 39
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Description: "The Localization of Actual Sources of Sound"Dates: 1936Container: Box 1, Folder 40
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Description: "The Localization of Pitch Perception on the Basilar Membrane"Dates: 1935Container: Box 1, Folder 41
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Description: "The Localization of Pure Tones"Dates: 1934Container: Box 1, Folder 42
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Description: "Loudness Functions Under Inhibition"Dates: 1967Container: Box 1, Folder 43
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Description: "Loudness: A Product of Volume Times Density"Dates: 1965Container: Box 1, Folder 44
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Description: "Loudness, Reciprocality, and Partition Scales"Dates: 1962Container: Box 1, Folder 45
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Description: "Machines Cannot Fight Alone"Dates: 1946Container: Box 1, Folder 46
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Description: "The Masking of Pure Tones and of Speech by White Noise"Dates: 1950Container: Box 1, Folder 47
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Description: "Masking and Sensory Dynamics"Dates: 1967Container: Box 1, Folder 48
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Description: "The Masking of Speech by Sine Waves, Square Waves, and Regular and Modulated Pulses"Dates: 1946Container: Box 1, Folder 49
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Description: "Matching Functions between Loudness and Ten Other Continua"Dates: 1966Container: Box 1, Folder 50
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Description: "Measurement of Auditory Density"Dates: 1964Container: Box 1, Folder 51
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Description: "The Measurement of Loudness"Dates: 1955Container: Box 1, Folder 52
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Description: "Measurement and Man"Dates: 1957Container: Box 1, Folder 53
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Description: "Measurement, Psychophysics, and Utility"Dates: 1959Container: Box 1, Folder 54
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Description: "Measurement and Social Science"Container: Box 1, Folder 55
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Description: "Measurement, Statistics, and the Schemapiric View"Dates: 1968Container: Box 1, Folder 56
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Description: "A Mechanical Correlator"Dates: 1938Container: Box 1, Folder 57
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Description: "The Mechanism of Hearing by Electrical Stimulation"Dates: 1939-1940Container: Box 1, Folder 58
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Description: "Methods Measuring Speech Spectra"Dates: 1947Container: Box 1, Folder 59
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Description: "A Metric for the Social Consensus"Dates: 1966Container: Box 1, Folder 60
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Description: "The NAS- NRC (National Research Council) and Psychology"Dates: 1952Container: Box 1, Folder 61
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Description: "The Nature of Tonal Brightness"Dates: 1936Container: Box 1, Folder 62
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Description: "Neural Events and the Psychophysical Law"Dates: 1970Container: Box 1, Folder 63
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Description: "A Neural Quantum in Sensory Discrimination"Dates: 1972Container: Box 1, Folder 64
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Description: "The New Harvard Psychological Laboratories"Dates: 1947Container: Box 1, Folder 65
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Description: "On the Averaging of Data"Dates: 1955Container: Box 2, Folder 1
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Description: "On the Brightness of Lights and the Loudness of Sounds"Dates: 1953Container: Box 2, Folder 2
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Description: "On the Halving and Doubling the Loudness of White Noise"Container: Box 2, Folder 3
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Description: "On Hearing by Electrical Stimulation"Dates: 1937Container: Box 2, Folder 4
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Description: "On Measurement of Sensation"Dates: 1957Container: Box 2, Folder 5
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Description: "On the Method of Bisection and its Relation to a Loudness Scale"Dates: 1937Container: Box 2, Folder 6
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Description: "On the Nature of Aural Harmonics"Dates: 1936Container: Box 2, Folder 7
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Description: "On the New Psychosis"Dates: 1960Container: Box 2, Folder 8
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Description: "On the Operation Known as Judgment"Dates: 1966Container: Box 2, Folder 9
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Description: "On the Pitch of Frequency-Modulated Tones"Dates: 1938Container: Box 2, Folder 10
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Description: "On the Predicting Exponents for Cross-Modality Matches"Dates: 1969Container: Box 2, Folder 11
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Description: "On the Problem of Scales for the Measurement of Psychological Magnitudes"Dates: 1939Container: Box 2, Folder 12
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Description: "On the Psychophysical Law"Dates: 1957Container: Box 2, Folder 13
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Description: "On the Theory of Scales and Measurement"Dates: 1946Container: Box 2, Folder 14
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Description: "On the Uses of Poidilitic Functions"Dates: 1965Container: Box 2, Folder 15
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Description: "On the Validity of the Loudness Scale"Dates: 1959Container: Box 2, Folder 16
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Description: "The Operational Basis of Psychology"Container: Box 2, Folder 17
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Description: "The Operational Definition of Psychological Concepts"Dates: 1935Container: Box 2, Folder 18
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Description: "Operations or Words?"Dates: 1966Container: Box 2, Folder 19
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Description: "Perceived Level of Noise by Mark VII and Decibels (E)"Dates: 1971Container: Box 2, Folder 20
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Description: "Perceptual Magnitude and its Measurements"Dates: 1974Container: Box 2, Folder 21
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Description: "The Phenomenon of Masking"Dates: 1935Container: Box 2, Folder 22
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Description: "Pitch Discrimination, Mels and Kock's Contention"Dates: 1954Container: Box 2, Folder 23
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Description: "Power-Group Transformations Under Glare, Masking, and Recruitment"Dates: 1966Container: Box 2, Folder 24
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Description: "Premodulation Clipping in AM Voice Communication"Dates: 1947Container: Box 2, Folder 25
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Description: "Problems and Methods of Psychophysics"Dates: 1958Container: Box 2, Folder 26
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Description: "Procedure for Calculating Loudness: Mark VI"Dates: 1961Container: Box 2, Folder 27
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Description: "A Psychological Scale of Weight and a Formula for Its Derivation"Dates: 1948Container: Box 2, Folder 28
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Description: "Psychological Writing, Easy and Hard"Container: Box 2, Folder 29
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Description: "Psychology: The Propaedeutic Science"Dates: 1936Container: Box 2, Folder 30
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Description: "Psychology and the Science of Science"Container: Box 2, Folder 31
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Description: "Psychophysics and the Measurement of Loudness"Dates: 1968Container: Box 2, Folder 32
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Description: "The Psychophysics of Sensory Function"Dates: 1960-1961Container: Box 2, Folder 33
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Description: "Psychophysics and Social Scaling"Dates: 1972Container: Box 2, Folder 34
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Description: Psychophysics, ReviewContainer: Box 2, Folder 35
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Description: "Psychophysiological Acoustics: Pitch and Loudness"Dates: 1936Container: Box 2, Folder 36
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Description: "The Psychophysiology of Hearing"Dates: 1936Container: Box 2, Folder 37
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Description: "In Pursuit of the Sensory Law"Dates: 1962Container: Box 2, Folder 38
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Description: "The Quantification of Sensation"Dates: 1959Container: Box 2, Folder 39
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Description: "The Quantification of Tonal Volume"Dates: 1962Container: Box 2, Folder 40
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Description: "Le Quantitatif et La Perception"Dates: 1968Container: Box 2, Folder 41
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Description: "Quantifying the Sensory Experience"Container: Box 2, Folder 42
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Description: "The Quantum of Sensory Discrimination"Dates: 1940Container: Box 2, Folder 43
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Description: "Ratio Scales and Category Scales for a Dozen Perceptual Continua"Dates: 1957Container: Box 2, Folder 44
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Description: "Ratio Scales of Opinion"Dates: 1968Container: Box 2, Folder 45
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Description: "Ratio Scales, Partition Scales, and Confusion Scales"Dates: 1960Container: Box 2, Folder 46
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Description: "Rectilinear Rectification Applied to Voltage Integration"Dates: 1942Container: Box 2, Folder 47
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Description: "Regression Effect in Psychophysical Judgment"Dates: 1966Container: Box 2, Folder 48
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Description: "Relation of Brightness to Duration and Luminance under Light and Dark Adaptations"Dates: 1964Container: Box 2, Folder 49
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Description: "The Relation of Pitch to Frequency: A Revised Scale"Dates: 1940Container: Box 2, Folder 50
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Description: "The Relation of Pitch to Intensity"Dates: 1934Container: Box 2, Folder 51
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Description: "The Relation of Saturation to the Size of the Retinal Image"Dates: 1934Container: Box 2, Folder 52
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Description: "Review of Das Ohr Als Nachrichtenempfanger"Dates: 1968Container: Box 2, Folder 53
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Description: "Saturation of Red: A Prothetic Continuum"Dates: 1966Container: Box 3, Folder 1
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Description: "A Scale of Apparent Intensity of Electric Shock"Dates: 1958Container: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: "A Scale for the Measurement of a Psychological Magnitude: Loudness"Dates: 1936Container: Box 3, Folder 3
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Description: "A Scale for the Measurement of the Psychological Magnitude Pitch"Dates: 1937Container: Box 3, Folder 4
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Description: "Scaling of Apparent Viscosity"Dates: 1964Container: Box 3, Folder 5
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Description: Scaling of Saturation and Hue"Dates: 1966Container: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: "The Scaling of Subjective Roughness and Smoothness"Dates: 1962Container: Box 3, Folder 7
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Description: "The Science of Noise"Dates: 1946Container: Box 3, Folder 8
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Description: "Sensory Scales of Taste Intensity"Dates: 1969Container: Box 3, Folder 9
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Description: "Sensory Power Functions and Neural Events"Container: Box 3, Folder 10
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Description: "Sensory Transform Functions"Dates: 1962Container: Box 3, Folder 11
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Description: The Ski & MeDates: 1966Container: Box 3, Folder 12
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Description: "Some Similarities between Hearing and Seeing"Dates: 1958Container: Box 3, Folder 13
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Description: "El Sonido"Dates: 1973Container: Box 3, Folder 14
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Description: "Stability of Human Performance under Intense Noise"Dates: 1972Container: Box 3, Folder 15
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Description: "Subjective Hardness of Compliant Materials"Dates: 1964Container: Box 3, Folder 16
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Description: "Subjective Intensity of Coffee Odor"Dates: 1960Container: Box 3, Folder 17
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Description: "Subjective Scaling of Length and Area and the Matching of Length to Loudness and Brightness"Dates: 1963Container: Box 3, Folder 18
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Description: "The Surprising Simplicity of Sensory Metrics"Dates: 1962Container: Box 3, Folder 19
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Description: "A Switch for the Presentation of Electrically Generated Tonal Stimuli"Container: Box 3, Folder 20
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Description: "Table Relating Phons and Sones"Container: Box 3, Folder 21
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Description: "Tactile Vibration: Change of Exponent with Frequency"Dates: 1968Container: Box 3, Folder 22
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Description: "Tactile Vibration: Dynamics of Sensory Intensity"Dates: 1959Container: Box 3, Folder 23
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Description: "Theory of the Neural Quantum in the Discrimination of Loudness and Pitch"Dates: 1941Container: Box 3, Folder 24
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Description: "Tonal Density"Dates: 1934Container: Box 3, Folder 25
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Description: "Toward a Resolution of the Fechner-Thurstone Legacy"Dates: 1961Container: Box 3, Folder 26
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Description: "Transfer Functions of the Skin and Muscle Senses"Dates: 1966Container: Box 3, Folder 27
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Description: "Vision, Hearing and Aeronautical Design"Container: Box 3, Folder 28
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Description: "Voice Level: Autophonic Scale, Perceived Loudness, and Effects of Sidetone"Dates: 1961Container: Box 3, Folder 29
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Description: "The Volume and Intensity of Tones"Container: Box 3, Folder 30
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Description: "Warmth and Cold: Dynamics of Sensory Intensity"Dates: 1960Container: Box 3, Folder 31
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General Materials
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Description: American Psychological Association, "Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards"Dates: 1960Container: Box 4, Folder 1
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Description: Georg von Békésy, "The Ear"Container: Box 4, Folder 2
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Description: Hallowell Davis and Douglas A. Ross, "Selection of Hearing Aids"Dates: 1945Container: Box 4, Folder 3
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Description: Miguelina Guirao, "Perceived Vibration and the Loudness of Low-Frequency Tones"Dates: 1975Container: Box 4, Folder 4
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Description: C. E. M. Hansel, "The Market for Miracles"Dates: 1967Container: Box 4, Folder 5
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Description: Robert S. Harper, "The Laboratory of William James"Dates: 1949Container: Box 4, Folder 6
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Description: Edwin B. Newman, "Steven's Operationism"Dates: 1973Container: Box 4, Folder 7
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Description: Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, Harvard University, Check-List of ReportsDates: 1945-1961Container: Box 4, Folder 8
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Description: Symposium before the American Otological Society, ArticlesDates: 1935Container: Box 4, Folder 9
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Description: USA StandardDates: 1968Container: Box 4, Folder 10
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1981Container: Box 4, Folder 11
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